Feldt



(No Model.)

C. DE QUILLF'ELDT.

PAPER BOX. No. 271,975. Patented Feb. 6,1883.

WITNESSES: A INVBNTOR @i Z263@ Y f ATTORNEY N PETERS, mwumugnpmr. Wuhngvnn. D. C.

l"EA i UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE..

`CHARLESDE QUILLFELDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS H.

` HALL, OF SAME PLAGE. Y

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,975, dated February 6, 1883.

Application tiled January 2, 1883. (No model) To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES DE QUILL- FELDT, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specication.

This invention has reference to an improved paper box for cigarettes, matches, and other articles; and it consists of a box the body and 1o coverofwhich aremadeofone continuous blank and united by a common end wall. The body ofthe box is open at the rear end, and the cover hinged to the rear edge of the bottom of the box, the rear wall ofthe cover closing the open end of the body when the box is closed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lrepresents a perspective View of my improved paper box, shown with the cover in entirelyopen position. Fig.2 is the blank from which zo the box is made. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe box, lwith the cover rest- 'ing on the body in partly-opened position; and Fig. 4 is a side view of the box in closed position, the position of the cover, when elevated, being shown in broken lines.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts. My improved paper box is made of one con tinuous blank, A, ot'stout Manila paper or other 3o suitable material, said blank being formed of two main parts, a. a', which are connected by an intermediate part, e. The main part a has side flaps, b b, and an end Hap, d, which together form the body B, while 4the second main part, a', has side aps, b b', and an end flap, d', and forms, with the intermediate connecting part, e, the cover O of the box. The :front end wall of the body B is.re-enforced by means of extension-flaps e? of the side walls, 4o b b, while the end walls ofthe cover O arereenforced by extension-flaps c e3, arranged at both ends of the side naps, b b', as shown clearlyin Fig. 2. The side liaps, b', of the cover Care provided with semicircnlarrecesses 4 5 ff, which serve for the purpose ofconveniently taking hold of the body B by the fingers of one hand in opening the box, the cover of which is taken hold of by the fingers of the l other hand. The cover O closes tightly on lthe body B, owing to the elasticity of the ma- 5o terial and the fact that the rear wall of the cover C is hinged to the rear edge of the bottom a ofthe body B. Consequently a certain forward pressure on the cover is required to cause it to pass over the front end wall of the 5 5 body B, as otherwise it would rest in a diagonal position back of the front end wall ot' the box, as shown in Fig. 3. When the box is closed the frictional contact of the front end walls of the body B and cover C holds them 6o tightly together and prevents the opening of the box. The rear wall of the cover forms then, also, the rear wall of the body, but leaves the end of the body open when the cover is thrown back, asshown in Fig. l, so that cigarettes or other articles in the box can be readily taken hold of at their ends for being removed therefrom. In this manner cigarettes may not only be oiered with great convenience, `but also protected fully by the box when carried 7o in the pocket, owing to the resistance of the re-enforced end walls and the double'walls formed by vthe body and overlapping cover. rlhebox is also cheaper in construction, as it requires less paper than the sliding boxes heretofore in use.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. As a new article of manufacture, a paper box the body and cover ofwhich are made of 8o one continuous blank, the body having a reenforced front wall and open rear end and the cover re-enforced front and rear walls, the reenforced rear wall forming the connecting part between the body and cover, substantially as specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a paper box the body and coverof which; are made of one continuous blank, the body being open at the rear end, and its' front wall being re- 9o enforced by extension-flaps of the side walls, while the front and rear walls of the coverare re-enforced by extension-flaps of its side walls, the rear wall forming the connecting part between the body and cover, substantially as specified.

3. A blank for a paper box, composed of a In testimony that I oiaim the foregoing as main part, a, having side flaps, b @with exmy invention I have signed my name in prestensions e2 e2, and an end wail, d, of a second ence of two subscribing;` witnesses.

part., a', having side Wallsib b', with eXten- CHAS. DE QUILLFELDT. 5 sion-Hops e e and e3 e3, and an end Wall, d', Witnesses:

and of an intermediate connecting-piece,e,`zii1 v CARL KAR?,

as shown and described. Y SIDNEY MANN. 

